Top five players of Round 8: Dejan Borovnjak MVP - Nov 19, 2008 (by Dragan Jankovski)
There is no more undefeated teams in Adriatic league as Crvena Zvezda outsmarted Partizan Igkoea in eternal Serbian derby. These two squads are on top now with score 7-1.
Top five players of Round 8
The MVP is ex Partizan's player Dejan Borovnjak (208-F-86), who during the summer agreed terms with Vojvodina Srbijagas. The Tulips suffered defeat against Croatian Eurolegaue team Cibona in Zagreb 99-75, but Broovnjak was totally the best player in his team. [read more]
There is no more undefeated teams in Adriatic league as Crvena Zvezda outsmarted Partizan Igkoea in eternal Serbian derby. These two squads are on top now with score 7-1.
Top five players of Round 8 The MVP is ex Partizan's player Dejan Borovnjak (208-F-86), who during the summer agreed terms with Vojvodina Srbijagas. The Tulips suffered defeat against Croatian Eurolegaue team Cibona in Zagreb 99-75, but Broovnjak was totally the best player in his team. He spent 30 minutes on the court scoring 32 points with almost perfect shot percentage (12/14 FG2, 1/2 3-pts, 5/5 FTs). At the same time he grabbed 6 more rebounds reching index value 34.
Second MVP of Round 8 is Ivan Ivanovic (205-F-80, agency: Beo Basket) of Bosna ASA BHT. Current Bosnian champion succeeded to beat Slovenian champ Union Olimpija in Sarajevo 94-85. Ivanovic was a key player in his team with 28 points and 7 rebounds (index value 29).
Position number 3 belongs to Nicholas Jacobson (194-G-80, agency: Pro One Sports, college: Utah) of Helios Domzale. Slovenian team celebrated against FMP at home 96-82. Jacobson netted 30 points and dished out 3 assists (index value 26).
Marko Marinovic (183-G-83) of Crvena Zvezda is at the position number 4 scoring 19 points (index value 26).
The fifth place is reserved for Malik Dixon (187-G-75, college: UALR) of Zadar. He had 16 points and 10 assists helping Zadar to beat Zagreb 110-75 (index value 26).
Swisslion Takovo stays undefeated in BIBL - Nov 19, 2008 (by Eurobasket News)
Feni Industri - Swisslions Takovo 70-75
Swisslion Takovo cruised past Macedonian champion Feni industri in Kavadarci remaining undefeated in Group A with 3-0 record. At the same time it is the first failure for Feni, who is currently on the second place with 2-1. The same numbers also has Euroins Cherno More.
Everything started good for the hosts as they created 23-19 during the opening 10 minutes. Serbian team woke up after that scoring 24 points in the second quarter. [read more]
Feni Industri - Swisslions Takovo 70-75
Swisslion Takovo cruised past Macedonian champion Feni industri in Kavadarci remaining undefeated in Group A with 3-0 record. At the same time it is the first failure for Feni, who is currently on the second place with 2-1. The same numbers also has Euroins Cherno More. Everything started good for the hosts as they created 23-19 during the opening 10 minutes. Serbian team woke up after that scoring 24 points in the second quarter. Except of Taliek Brown (186-G-82, agency: Octagon, college: Connecticut) and Gjorgi Cekovski (202-F/C-81, agency: Arik Krayn Services), Feni didn't have any other player in a game mood, but anyway they managed to score 20 in this period. It means that the teams were totally equalized at the half time. Both struggled with the long range stroke, but Swisslion was a way better inside. The same trend continued in third stanza, but after it the teams were leveled again. Experienced visitors played patiently last ten minutes, while Feni faced with a troubles at the offensive end. They needed a way more than 12 points in this quarter in order to stay undefeated. Milos Marjanovic (207-C-81) led the scorers in Swisslion with 18 points. Sasa Ocokoljic (183-G-76, agency: Beo Basket) netted 15, while Radovan Markovic (194-G-82) delivered 11 points. Taliek Brown posted 12, while Gjorgi Cekovski contributed with 10 points in defeat.
Rilski Sportist celebrates in another thriller vs Mega Hypo Leasing - Nov 19, 2008 (by Eurobasket News)
Mega Hypo Leasing - Rilski Sportist 84-85
Serbian team Mega Hypo Leasing really don't have luck against Bulgarian Rilski Sportist this season. In their first match in Samokov (the season opener), Bulgarians were better by one single point. That game was decided in overtime, actually in the last second, when Aleksandar Gruev (187-G-83) drained a long range triple for a big joy of Rilski's fans. [read more]
Mega Hypo Leasing - Rilski Sportist 84-85
Serbian team Mega Hypo Leasing really don't have luck against Bulgarian Rilski Sportist this season. In their first match in Samokov (the season opener), Bulgarians were better by one single point. That game was decided in overtime, actually in the last second, when Aleksandar Gruev (187-G-83) drained a long range triple for a big joy of Rilski's fans. Today Rilski succeeded to grab another extremely tiny victory thanks to Leven Belberov (199-F-74), who made a basket with 1.7 seconds to go. With this win Bulgarian team improved on 3-1, while Serbians slipped on 3-2. Travis Peterson (208-C-85, agency: Edge Sports, college: Samford) shined for the winners registering 25 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Branko Mirkovic (185-G-82, agency: Global Sports Plaza) netted 17 points and dished out 6 assists, while Bogdan Boev (196-G-82) stopped on 15 points. Mega Hypo Leasing got 17 points from young prospect Aleksandar Mitrovic (201-G-90). American Christopher Schlatter (203-F-81, college: Washington St.) posted 16 points and grabbed 4 rebounds, while Igor Mijajlovic (193-G-84, agency: Beo Basket) added 10. First half of the game belonged to Mega HL 47-43. However, Rilski shined after the breather heading into the last ten minutes with plus 1. Thanks to above mentioned Aleksandar Gruev and Leven Belberov, Rilski escaped with two wins against Mega, and it could be very important at the end of the regular season. The hosts had poor 6 of 25 from beyond the arc (24%). Rilski was slightly better in that element netting 8 of 22 attempts. In the next round Rilski will host Fersped Rabotnicki, while Mega HL is free.
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